An exciting day seeing a 45% partial eclipse in Key West. Without the glasses there was nothing going on - maybe a slight haziness versus a darkness. But boy, with the glasses...what an amazing experience. I put on the glasses and it was so dark (PITCH BLACK) that I initially thought they weren't working. And then, I turned to the sun and with blackness (still) all around I saw the bring sun with a chunk taken out of it by the moon. I GASPED! And then passed the glasses to my colleague and she too gasped. Unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it, and I guess it could be another 20 years before I see it again.
I leave you with beautiful photo of sunset at Shannon Estuary, taken by my sister Katie on the same day of the eclipse in the USA
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